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David Hamilton  

A Child Comes Forth

Duration: 13' 00" Year: 2006
for SSA choir with percussion and harp

• Programme Note

  This work was written at the request of conductor Elise Bradley for her highly regarded choir Key Cygnetures at Westlake Girls High School (Auckland).

  It was intended for a ‘mid-winter Christmas’ concert which was to also feature Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols. I therefore felt happy to turn to Christmas texts with some of the more traditional Christmas references (snow etc).

  The first text is from the fifteenth century and is a general text mentioning Mary, the manger, the wise men, and the gifts they brought, and ends with call to delight in the Christ child. The second text, by G.K. Chesterton contains images of snow and night, and ends with the line that gives the work its overall title. The third text is a variant of the carol ‘I saw three ships come sailing in’ and may refer either to the medieval myth that Joseph and Mary travelled to England, or obliquely to purported journeys of the relics of the wise men. The fourth text is a lullaby by nineteenth century poet John Addington Symonds. Again the wise men and their gifts are mentioned along with the shepherds. The final text is another anonymous one, and is simply a brief and energetic welcome to ’heaven’s King’.

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Eric Biddington  

A Suite of Psalms

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1984
for choir

Ronald Dellow  

All Saints Mass

Duration: 10' 00"
for unison or SATB with optional piano or organ

• Instrumentation
  SATB settings for: Kyrie, Lord's Prayer, Dismissal
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Edwin Carr  

An Easter Cantata

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 1980
For two part soprano choir and organ

Edwin Carr  

An Easter Cantata

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 1980
for two part soprano choir, string orchestra and timpani

Edwin Carr  

An Easter Cantata

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 1979
for soprano, chorus and organ or string orchestra

Vernon Griffiths  

An Ode of Thanksgiving

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1962
for SATB choir and string orchestra

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Jack Body  

Carol to St. Stephen

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1975
for soprano, alto and tenor soloists and SATB choir

• Programme Note

  A “deconstruction/recomposition” of a fifteenth century carol for 3 soloists and choir on the martyrdom of St Stephen. This dramatic work has become a standard text for study in schools through New Zealand. It has been recorded by the New Zealand National Youth Choir.

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  • Visions: New Zealand Choral Music 

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  • New Zealand National Youth Choir: Te Roopu Rangatahi Waiata o Aotea Roa  Year: 1992 

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Craig Utting  

Confessio of St. Patrick

Duration: 10' 00" Year: 1985
for choir

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David Griffiths  

Confitebor

Duration: 12' 00" Year: 1993
for two SATB choirs, 2 horns and organ with baritone and soprano soloists

• Instrumentation
  2 horns in F
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